Mitsubishi Electric DLP 742 Series Basic Owner's Manual page 11

Basic TV Operation, continued
The FORMAT Key and Picture Shape
Press the FORMAT key
to cycle through picture
shapes for the current
image. The TV will
remember the format you
last used on each input.
For more on TV formats and signal
types, see the supplemental Owner's
Guide at www.mitsubishi-tv.com.
Important
Black bars at the edges of the
screen are common in HD pictures.
Black bars are not a defect of the
TV.
• Broadcasters add black bars to fill
the 16:9 screen area while pre-
serving the original aspect ratio
of older material not created for
modern HD TVs.
• Your cable box, satellite receiver,
or other device may also have
controls for altering the shape
of the broadcast picture. If your
device offers output in native
format, try using it with the TV
picture formats.
See the supplemental Owner's Guide at
www.mitsubishi-tv.com for more on these and other
topics.
• Parental controls (Lock menu). Requires first setting
a pass code.
• TV Clock (Setup > Clock menu). Set the TV Clock
if you plan to use the TV Timer or the TV's Lock by
Time feature.
• Changing input names in the Input Selection menu
(Inputs > Name menu)
Sample Uses of the FORMAT Key
You can use the FORMAT key to display the image as originally intended or
to reduce or eliminate black areas at the edges.
High-definition signal with
squarish 4:3 image embedded.
The image is narrower than the
16:9 screen; unused areas at
the sides are filled with black.
Standard 2.35:1 anamorphic
DVD image; unused areas at
the top and bottom are filled
with black (letterbox effect).
More TV Features
• HDMI control of other A/V devices (CEC)
• Using the TV with a computer
• Additional Stream TV
• 842 Series. Using the TV speakers for center
channel sound for your external surround sound
system.
• 842 Series. Adding external rear speakers to
complement the TV's surround sound effect
• 842 Series. Using an external subwoofer
1. Basic Setup and Operation
Press
Wide Expand mode stretches
the picture sideways to fill the
screen.
Press
Zoom mode. The picture fills
the screen. All four edges are
cropped in this mode.
features
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